Alaska earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 16 km WSW of Healy, Alaska

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Healy, Alaska on Fri, Dec 30, 2016, 7:26 PM AKST (04:26 UTC), 119 km (74 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 65 km W of Ferry, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-31 04:26:17 UTC
Depth
118.7 km (73.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
63.816° N, 149.293° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.667 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3564 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.541 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 67 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.659 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 127 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.265 km W of Ferry, Alaska · 3563 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.662 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.841 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.545 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3561 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.3Central Alaska · 3561 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3560 days ago · 114 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.735 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3559 days ago · 117 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.557 km WNW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 117 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.762 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3558 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.566 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3557 days ago · 130 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.647 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3556 days ago · 97 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.569 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 121 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.942 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3555 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.945 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.637 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3554 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.522 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3553 days ago · 79 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.071 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 120 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.220 km NE of Healy, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 1.767 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3552 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.671 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 119 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 2.051 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 76 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.87 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3551 days ago · 110 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 2.139 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3550 days ago · 85 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.553 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.049 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.661 km N of Chase, Alaska · 3549 days ago · 79 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.640 km SSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 80 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.15 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 74 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 1.564 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 1.748 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 94 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 1.843 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3547 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.653 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3544 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.959 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3543 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.048 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3542 days ago · 90 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.942 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 1.723 km ENE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3540 days ago · 103 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 1.839 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3538 days ago · 100 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.524 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 91 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 1.642 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.943 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 1.567 km E of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3536 days ago · 83 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 2.475 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 1.571 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3535 days ago · 124 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.968 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 98 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.734 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.531 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 1.634 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.640 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3533 days ago · 124 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 1.623 km W of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3531 days ago · 116 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 1.772 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3530 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.631 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3529 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.860 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 133 km deep · 99 km away
  56. 1.635 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.670 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3528 days ago · 123 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 1.765 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 128 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 2.045 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 66 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.558 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3527 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 94.

Before

  1. 1.547 km E of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3565 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.674 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 117 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.915 km ENE of Healy, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 112 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.962 km ESE of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.837 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 90 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.861 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.170 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 121 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.36 km W of Four Mile Road, Alaska · 3567 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.244 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 86 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.926 km W of Anderson, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.943 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.552 km WSW of McKinley Park, Alaska · 3568 days ago · 130 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.656 km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 3.345 km S of Cantwell, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 78 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.74 km S of Healy, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 115 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.960 km W of Cantwell, Alaska · 3569 days ago · 114 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.042 km W of Clear, Alaska, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.618 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska · 3570 days ago · 94 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.89 km NE of Cantwell, Alaska · 3571 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.663 km E of Cantwell, Alaska · 3573 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ak016gtd8d5o (also filed as ak14859759). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.